USA - Iowa City to Discuss Merits of Water Fluoridation
Iowa City to Discuss Merits of Water Fluoridation
By Gregg Hennigan, Reporter
By KCRG Intern
Apr 1, 2010 at 9:49 PM CDT
IOWA CITY - The movie “Dr. Strangelove” lampooned the belief that water fluoridation was a communist plot, but opposition to the practice is real.
The Iowa City Council will take up the matter at a work session Monday after several people earlier this year expressed concerns about the city’s long-standing policy of adding fluoride to the public water supply.
Opponents say water fluoridation may be unsafe, is an unnecessary cost for the city and it’s unethical to in effect force people to ingest it.
Mark Amberg, who told the council that he works in the radiology department at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, called fluoride a “toxic substance.”
“You are now responsible for the policy of mass-medicating almost 64,000 (people) in our town without their consent,” he told the council................
By Gregg Hennigan, Reporter
By KCRG Intern
Apr 1, 2010 at 9:49 PM CDT
IOWA CITY - The movie “Dr. Strangelove” lampooned the belief that water fluoridation was a communist plot, but opposition to the practice is real.
The Iowa City Council will take up the matter at a work session Monday after several people earlier this year expressed concerns about the city’s long-standing policy of adding fluoride to the public water supply.
Opponents say water fluoridation may be unsafe, is an unnecessary cost for the city and it’s unethical to in effect force people to ingest it.
Mark Amberg, who told the council that he works in the radiology department at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, called fluoride a “toxic substance.”
“You are now responsible for the policy of mass-medicating almost 64,000 (people) in our town without their consent,” he told the council................
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